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RetroPie - Raspberry Pi 3

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Hi guys,

I have been playing around with the latest RetroPie for the Rpi3, gotta say I am very impressed so far.
Installation couldn't be easier, write image to MicroSD card, pop the card in the Rpi3 and it will install everything for you.
It will also expand the filesystem to use all available space on the MicroSD card.
Emulators will only show if Roms are found in the relevant folders so you dont see extra stuff you dont want.

I am using a 128GB MicroSD card for the Rpi3 and I am storing all non-ISO roms on here, ISO's are stored on 2 low profile USB sticks (128GB each).
You can update easily and get the latest versions of the emulators, you can also install some experimental emulators (Saturn, 3DO, Nintendo DS etc.).
For the controllers I am using a wireless Xbox 360 game pad and one of the Microsoft USB wireless receivers - works great!

I have had very good experiences with all the emulators below apart from (N64, Sony PSP - both are slow in most games, and the Dreamcast one works but has crashed a few times).

I have nearly completed Resident Evil 2 on the Playstation Emulator, a few minor issues (e.g. when the crocodile attacks and the room etc. shakes the players character did flicker a bit but it wasnt anything that affected gameplay) and I have tested various games with each emulator and they do work great on the whole.

You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

Re: RetroPie - Raspberry Pi 3

I've set one up a couple of weeks ago but not really played much, was struggling with a N64 goldeneye going very slow.

I used a PS3 controller and bought a cheap one for the older nes and mega drive ones.

Have you got Mame working?

yeah but only tested a few (Moonwalker, Golden Axe, Snow Bros, Alien storm) - i think you need to get the right mame rom set to make sure it works

You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

Thanks to Ashley

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I've been looking at building a Gameboy Zero for a while now. Pulled the trigger and ordered some bits when I got in last night (damn you alcohol). I priced it up at around £100 for parts.
We'll see if it actually gets finished or it just sits in my parts drawer like most my unfinished projects.

For those interested (and to see if I've missed anything) here are the parts required.

Re: RetroPie - Raspberry Pi 3

I've just seen the one on the pi blog page. How much actual fabrication work is needed ? The one I saw had 4 face buttons and rear bottoms etc. Looked very impressive like the retro portables that Ben bloke used to make

You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

Thanks to Ashley

Re: RetroPie - Raspberry Pi 3

Just bought a pi3 kit and micro sd card, should be here tomorrow - good old amazon prime. Will try to make do with my x360 controller although after playing starforce with it for an hour on mame today, I really really want an arcade stick.

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will the pi3/retropie work with wired x360 controllers ? Have some lying about. I think all my wireless ones got chucked when my mum's house was cleared

Yep as stated above they are plug and play

You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

Thanks to Mystical_2K

Re: RetroPie - Raspberry Pi 3

Originally Posted by maltloaf

Just bought a pi3 kit and micro sd card, should be here tomorrow - good old amazon prime. Will try to make do with my x360 controller although after playing starforce with it for an hour on mame today, I really really want an arcade stick.

You could use something like the Neo Geo X Controller - usb version of the Neo Geo AES controller
Might not have enough buttons if your wanting to use it for something like street fighter

You can find a few USB Arcade Sticks on Ebay but alot of them look pretty shit

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You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

Re: RetroPie - Raspberry Pi 3

Forgot to say I spent some time over the weekend completing Resident Evil 2 + 3 on the PSX emulator, had no major issues apart from some minor graphical glitches during some of the cut-scenes but otherwise was perfectly playable.

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Then tried Star Wars: Dark Forces and got the following graphics glitch:

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Will give some other games a proper play-through when i get a chance

You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

Re: RetroPie - Raspberry Pi 3

It's all just arrived. Just downloading the retropie image. Chucked the noobs sd card in the pi to test everything and my 2 yr old is happily browsing youtube on the installed browser. Impressive that the board now includes wifi and bluetooth. Can it bluetooth to a ps3 controller for retropie as I definitely have one of those lying around ?

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